khunmarc

Awesome work by the deputy prime minister!! 1 porno vcd!!!

what a laughable bunch!!!!!!!

I guess it says a lot about their "intelligence" work ot lack of it !!!!!!

no wonder its the land of smiles LOl got to smile about them idiots running the show or you'd go crazy here

The best solution would be, as this seems to be your property, to build a second house, and move some of your relatives there permanently.

hum maybe its all a set up and the familly decided its time to have a new home too hehehehhe

some of them suggestions ! my God buy a gun set up a crime scene !!! must be a bunch of old west justice fan around .... or you guys watch too much CSI BKK !!!!!

you never know who you deeal with when thieves show up that applies to Thailand or anywhere else!! so is it really worth it to stand up to a bunch of crazed ya bah or crack heads?? that canuck dude got kill in BKK last winter over a camera nad a purse

I say get 2 or 3 dogs usually the pack effect is noisy enough to scare bums away

gee get a 4th one !!! low grade rice and left overs are cheap !!! cheaper then any alarm system or building another home

and I like Simnon 's advice on this topic I did the same thing hehehe no fancy car no big house never wear jewelry and I kept the parents at home with us right in the middle of the village but I kept the dogs just in case LOL

well look at all the ecoli and other weird thing that keep breaking in in our sanitized north american food market!!!!!!

now its even in cat food ! making bigger headlines then when they found contaminated spinach!!!!

so whats the problem??

cant live in a bubble after all so enjoy a few germs :

adds to the taste LOL and Thais usually fry the hel_l out of things anyway I never been sick from the food here so....but... Im not so sure about rotten ronnie (Mcdonald) KFC (Kentuky fuc*#$ chicken) and the likes..

I would say that 100 % of the bar girls drink!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

as the majority of the women in Thailand are not bar girls I would think its quite a range from casual to none

no one in my wife familly drinks neither her father or any of her sisters and in laws her brother will have a social drink when he comes to visit but I think its mostly because he thinks I expect that

funny since the only time I have anything to drink in Thailand is when he comes visit!!!!!

as for meditation I think most Thai do not meditate like they teach now in the West but many do the weekly temple thing (mostly older folks and women from what i observed in our village)

My wife and most of her relatives actually do the daily prayer session morning and evening...\not sure if that qualify as meditation of course if you in BKK, pattaya or Chiang mai its another world !!!!!! but i wouldnt know there I never spent much time in neither of them places actually never even been to pataya LOL

them amulets have NOTHING to do with the teachings just another ghost story really that Thai people are so into

but I sure like the one I have LOL

I dont wear it because on any magical powers just cause I think its a cool one. I found it in my wife's father collection ; its old and Im told quite collectable has King Takshin on it riding his elephant !!!!!!!!!!!!

i got offered quite a bit of cash for it hehehe but I wouldnt sell it anyway

but thai ppl just believe in all that stuff should have seen people asking that petrified tree around Ban Tak for the winning lottery numbers!!!

was quite entertainning

whats really needed in the next constitution is a clause to uphold democracy !!!!

but dream on

this rally is the most un buddhist thing i heard of in a while I bet that Big cheese monk will ride in a BMW to the rally

sad thing for sure for all other faiths in Thailand specially the decent people in the south (yeah Ive been there and most of the muslims I got to know were very nice people) forget about the thugs that use religion to excuse their fascist ways

God Has NO religion ( Gandhi)

who in his right mind would want to be part of Warlord Bush and his british puppets war effort??? no money in the world is worth to be sinking that low

you dont seem to know anything about respect since your answer to them was waving your finger at folks that are trying to make a living

gonna take more then a yellow shirt to hide your rude ways

Ive seen them here in Canada about this time of year actually but ..

they were expensive ( around 6$ lbs 200+baht)

and very poor quality more then half of what they had for sale would have been throw away in thailand , hard as rocks and that funny brownish color instead of purple even had a bit of an argument with the store fruit section manager her arguing they were 'fresh" ( they just were shipped!!!!) me telling her she didnt have a clue LOL

same with lychee . and lam yai always poor quality whenever Ive seen it and I know my lam yai we have 75 rais of orchards in Tak province

In Thailand, chicken and pork are perennially undercooked and rare! Seared outside but still red and bloody inside!

(even in "reputable" restaurants!)

We must be eating in a different land of smile if anything they overcook everything

I never got rare meat in any food I ever ordered .

and as the street stalls go I always make sure they do cook again them sausages or whats not just in case but since I never tried the 'farang" type food in Thailand I wouldnt know how the steaks , pork chops and burgers look like and as eating chilies goes I must be terminally ill by now LOL aftery ears of spicy from all over the place (jamaica to thailand)

pls send chilies instead of flowers !!!!

sounds like you scare of your own shadow buddy maybe stay home !!!!!!

fun of travelling is you dont know whats gonna happen or if you so worry buy a seat on a tour!!!

i am gonna stay home this songkran - its ridiculous and completely out of hand. it should be to sprinkle a little water onto loved ones faces, but unfortuately it resorts to drunken idiots lobbing buckets of ice and water with powder regardless of driving or not. good luck, you will need it if you venture out.

i am gonna stay home this songkran - its ridiculous and completely out of hand. it should be to sprinkle a little water onto loved ones faces, but unfortuately it resorts to drunken idiots lobbing buckets of ice and water with powder regardless of driving or not. good luck, you will need it if you venture out.

I agree songkran is a bad time really I like Loy krathong better seems more like a real thing not just a bunch of drunks( Thais or farangs) playing infantile water games

But I guess we are to blame for the chaos that songkhran turned out to be... they put up the show for drunken farangs really

I wanted travel to thailand next week , I cancel it ?

I would be more worry about thai busses then thai bombs !!!!!!

with songkhran going on everuthing that has wheels for vehicules and arms for driver will be on the road!!!!!

scary

Pakistani man gets life for murder of Thai teacher

BANGKOK: -- A Pakistani man - convicted of killing a Thai teacher whom he had met through an internet chat service and dismembering her body last year - was given a life sentence Friday.

Hopefully they serve lots of pork in jail !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and most likely he will not last long in there .... not long enuff to loose wieght

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bkkmadness: Yeah it's a 90 day visa now, you have to go in and go out, that's going to be a problem for you. What are you going to do, can't your embassy help?

DB: Before that (give help I guess he means) they see passport now I had been here one year taking money from money from the government of Holland I was taking money for being unemployed, I should be in Holland looking for a job, but I was here. If they see that.

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just a scammer if I was deutch i would send this to the embassy

double dipping at its best he even admit defrauding his country I say let him starve... but them cons usually have a nice little stash on the side

makes you wonder how much the thais do make a day doing the same maybe your next u tube video interview heheheheh

I've said it before and I'll say it again:

Muslim fundamentalists will keep chipping away at the freedom of the Thai people until, one day, your avarage Thai will awake to the 5:00am call to prayer.

When will the Thai people stand up for themselves?

Virgil, Out!

Can you please explain just how you made the leap ,from what the police are saying, to Muslim fundamentalism?

Do you know if the police chiefs are Muslim?

On what evidence do you base your remarks?

virgil you out of your mind or you really dont have a clue about thailand LOL

they only problem for the local phuket police is if the big boys from BKK come they gonna have to split their take!!!!!1

New panel slams ambulance standards

BANGKOK: -- A Public Health Ministry fact-finding committee probing corruption in connection with the purchase of 232 ambulances found that 14 specification conditions for the vehicles had been violated, chairman Dr Sant Hathirat said yesterday.

I am a medic by trade and I would say the biggest problem i observe in my many stays in Thailand is the training of the crews. Ive seen patient handling "technics" that were so wrong it was really pathetic to watch.

I am sure glad I was not the patient in them cases!!!!!!

as far as I can see you might get hurt more by the "medic"trying to help then by whatever happen to you. I am aware most of the medics are volunteers trying to earn good karma ( merrits) but equipment is just part of the solution. Since corruption will not go away in the near future I would hope proper training should be the main focus here

gee Id love to get a training contract!!!!!!!!!

email me message me phone me ANYTIME !!!!!! LOL

chock dee!!!!!! typing this on duty in northern BC Canada oil field !!!!!

Looks pretty dam stupid to me LOL

the two more common in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity

TAT urged to limit Phuket tourists

"Tourists destroy the island"

PHUKET: --Methee Tanmanatrakul, managing director of Holiday Villa Phuket, said Phuket could transform itself into a centre of tourism, spreading tourists into neighbouring areas like Krabi, Phang Nga and Koh Samui.

what a plan!!!!

disposable tourist culture :you done with one line up the next to overrun. this guy probably havent noticed Samui is already overrun and trashed out and krabi isnt far behind just the take out plastic bag culture alone has done it

I guess they havent noticed yet plastic isnt as eco friendly as banana leaves

Internal Trade Department to prevent cheating at petrol stations

BANGKOK: -- The Internal Trade Department will call a meeting Wednesday with Thailand's eight leading petrol station operators - PTT, Conoco, Caltex Oil, Esso Standard, Shell, BCP, Siam United Services and Petronas - to find measures to prevent cheating at fuel pumps.

just more corruption its the same all over ... if they ever check them market folks with their rusty falling apart scales..... funny how small a kilo of pork can be at some sellers

tell that to the party girls in patpong LOL Im sure they got another job to fall back to:

plant rice?? pick chillies??

the tourist industry is not the whole countries economy - and the blasts might save the weakening economy (as 9/11 saved for sometimes the american economy)

wait and see club doesnt take much to change people travel plans

one of Thailand main appeal always as been its a safe place to go

now that its all over CNN and the likes.. damage is done gee people phoning me from Canada to find out what the hel_l going on but obviously this isnt 9 11 or 3 11 for that matter will just keep the army in power , last thing this place needs really generals always make awfull political leaders as Thailand's not so far past show

I guess i saw it coming I am moving with my wife and boys back to the iceberg anyway sorry Mr general but my boys will not be yours to use

Thailand will never been the same regardless who did it

be ready to see starving tourist joint all winter

Well, it's still a low intensity violence, especially by nowadays standards...

Not enough to break the government or push the tourists away.

However, I agree, there is the "novelty" factor (attacks in Bangkok). Even thought we have had previously some grenade attacks in Bangkok, and the real-fake car bombing attempt against Thaksin.

Anyway 2 strategies are possible :

-al quaida style : hundreds of deads (Bali, Madrid etc.), massive emotion with massive media coverage

-or a long term local campain of fear, with many small attacks like tonight

Obviously, the rebels in the south work with the second (bombs and murders). And the results are there : slowly but surely, they are pushing away thais boudhists. And when the south provinces will be 100 % muslim, then... well... you know.

Thailand will never been the same regardless who did it

be ready to see starving tourist joint all winter

the thai police well they couldnt catch a cold in the midle of an epidimic anyway

Sad day for all

Summary:

Bit of a breakdown from Scandasia and Ron..with thanks..

Explosives went off almost simultaneously in several places accross Bangkok at around 18:00 local time, injuring at least 20 people as the Thai capital had just started celebrating New Year's eve. This news will be continuously updated as more details become available.

By Gregers Moller (from Scandasia ...with Thanks)

Year end revellers leav the Seacon Square shopping comple. All public parties were cancelled. The largest at Central World in Bangkok reported the lost income to be around 30 mill baht.

At Anusawari Chai / Victiry monument the most people were injured.

Police gathering evidence at the bomb scene near the Victory monument.

An injured person receives treatment at the Rachawithi Hospital at the Victory Monument.

Around 18:00 on Sunday evening local time in Bangkok, bombs exploded in several places acccross the Thai capital killing several people and injuring many more. All public Count-Down-Parties across the city has been cancelled.

The first bomb exploded at 17:47. The number of bombs and the size of the damage may be wrongly reported by the sources used for the following report, based on Thai news sources. Feel free to call the mobile phone of Editor Gregers Moller +66 8 1629 0117 if you have corrections or first hand knowledge of any further details.

The bombs reportedly exploded in the following locations:

Victory Monument (in Thai "Anusawari Chai")

- Time: about 6.30 pm

- The bomb was near a bus station outside the Dok Yai bookstore.

- The bomb was placed in a trashcan

- A tree broke in the explosion

- 15 injured, reported as 9 females and 4 male

- 1 Thai national, Mr. Songkran Kanchana killed as confirmed by authorities

Saphan Kwai

- Near the Big C supermarket

- A witness saw a man dropped a grenade from a pedestrian bridge just over the police box.

- The roof of the police box has a big hole.

- 2 people injured

- 1 person seriously injured.

Saphan Kwai BTS station

- Bomb found before it exploded.

Seacon Square

- Time 18:42

- At the Seacon Square Shopping Mall, a loud explosion went off at the parking space, creating a panic but no injury.

- Authorities ordered all shoppers to evacuate the mall, one of Bangkok largest, and all shops to close down for business.

- The explosion was at the motorcycle parking lot.

- No injuries reported.

In Seacon Square, a cleaner saw a can of potato chips of the Sprinkle brand. She took it with the intention of eating it, but then noticed there was a cable into the can. She then gave the can to a security guard, Mr. Vitoon Imnapae who took it outside to the small park. Here, he placed it on the ground and walked back to find a tire to lay around it to protect it if it was a bomb. Then it exploded. A person walking neaby got hurt.

Klong Toey

- Bomb exploded at the fresh market near the Na Ranong intersection.

- The bomb was hidden in a trash can near a Chinese spirit shrine exploded.

- The explosion caused a secondary explosion to a number of cookinggas cylinders that were situated nearby.

- 5 people injured, four adults and one girl 12 years hit in the leg

- Update 20.45: 7 injured

- 2 people reportedly killed

Khae Rai

- Bomb exploded at the Khae Rai intersection in Nonthaburi province just north of Bangkok

- The bomb was placed in a trash can near the police box

- No injuries.

- Police said the closed circuit TV monitors went out of action about 3 hours before.

Sukhumvit Soi 62

- Time: 18:30

- The bomb exploded at thre expressway intersection

- Glas shattered in two houses.

- One car which had just come down from the express way was damaged.

- No reported injuries

Yaowarat

- Time 18:50

Macro on Chaengwattana

Confusion:

- Reported bomb said to be an empty threat.

- Update: Bomb did explode, not a hoax.

Major Cineplex, Rachayothin

- The bomb was reported at around 21.00

- The bomb was placed in a trashcan on second floor in the car park.

As the news broke, all department stores in Bangkok asked customers to leave and closed down.

The Bangkok Skytrain system, BTS and the Subway train system, MRT, announced that they would keep running untill 12 midnight the 31 December and open again 6 o'clock.

Thai Airways say they have increased safety measures. More vigil checking of luggage and safety checking onboard the planes. All flights have moved check in times forward to be 2 hours before departure.

Government's spokesman Yongyuth Malyalarp urged the public to remain calm, adding that police officers have been instructed to stay on high alert, including areas where high concentration of people are expected to take part in the New Year's count down.

"Police reinforcement have been sent to various areas in the city. We urged the public to remain calm, continue with the celebration but at the same time keep a look out for any irregularities," Yongyuth said.

Thai New Agency quoted Surayud as asking people wishing to join new year party on Sunday night to avoid crowded areas.

The premier has ordered all security officers; police and soldiers, to reinforce in many areas in Bangkok. He ordered crime scene inspectors to collect all evidences from the attack scenes in order to know which groups mastermind the attacks. Later in the evening, Prime Minister Surayudh visited injured people at the Rachawithi Hospital and from there he went to Chulalongkorn Hospital where other injured were hospitalized.

Soldiers manned security check points at several MRT and BTS stations. Througout the city and its suburbs, many road intersections had soldiers deployed.

Elsewhere in Thailand, the news resulted in count down parties to be cancelled in Chiang Mai and Khon Kaen.

Midnight bomb attacks

Close to midnight two more bombs exploded near the main planned count down event outside Central World. Several foreigners were seriously injured. They were taken to Police Hospital and Rachawithi Hospital.

One bomb went off near the bridge over Klong Saen Saep crossing over to Pradoo Nam and the other was near the walk over to the Gaysorn Plaza opposite the square.

Central World at the Pradoo Nam harbour on the Klong Saen Saep

- Time: 00.04

- The bom exploded at the stop for passenger pick up trucks.

- Police say the bomb was hidden in the bumper tire in a car on the pier.

- 7 people injured. 6 people are foreigners, one person Thai.

- Road and intersection has been sealed off.

The Police Hospital informed at 01.10 that the nationalities of the injured were:

Serbia - 2 persons

UK - 1 person

US - 1 person

Hungary - 1 person

Thai - 1 person

Big C in Rajadamri

- A suspected bomb in a plastic bag outside a Telewiz shop on 1st floor turned out to contain just garbage.

Khao San

- A suspected bomb in Buddy Bar turned out to be false alarm.

Lumpini Night Bazaar

- A suspected bomb Bar turned out to be false alarm.

Who did it?

The police say they suspect people discontent with the military coup in September to be behind the attacks. The police does not believe it was people in the south of Thailand who have been exploding bombs and setting schools on fire who were behind the attack. sad.gif

2006-12-31

Source: Rinrada, Scandasia and Ron (thanks!)

Canadian killed in robbery

BANGKOK: -- A Canadian man was shot dead and three compatriots injured in a robbery last night in their condominium off Sukhumvit Soi 18.

The lone robber climbed into the room on 10th floor of City Smart Condominium while the four Canadians, including victim Mark Jay Keffer, 42, and a number of foreign guests were celebrating Christmas.

The robber, apparently a Thai man, asked them to hand over their valuables at gunpoint.

He started shooting when a woman guest, a relative of room owner Norzachray Nordin, a Bruneian, hit him with her handbag. Keffer and all three injured people were later sent to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

Thong Lor police station duty inspector Pol Maj Saravuth Dejsri said he suspected the robber, who had easy access to the room from a communal area, could have been tipped off about the party by people working or residing at the condo.

--The Nation 2006-12-26

In America anyone can own a gun as long as they are not a criminal. Aliens who establish residency by just living in a State can go out and buy a gun and anyone can buy a shotgun. Too bad we in the USA allow law abiding people to own a firearm but not here.

The woman should have come out with a shotgun and blown his head into pulp. Handbags do little against a firearm.

A very backwards country is Thailand in this regard.